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Richard Pyle wrote:
#By the way, I forgot to mention that I *REALLY* like this quote:

> "What you know you don't know isn't what 
> gets you -- its what you don't know you don't know"
So do I.
Last time I heard this it ended '... its what you know that aint so!'

#I think it's extremely appropriate for diving in general, and 
#*especially* for rebreather diving. However, I'm not sure it's really 
#appropriate for the discussion at hand, because virtually all divers are 
#taught very early on that deep diving is exceedingly dangerous, so they 
#already know it.

Quite right Rich: just remember though ... KNOWING is not BELIEVING.

#It gets dangerous when they hear of other people successfully doing such 
#dives (regardless of how emphatically the dangers are underscored), and 
#jump to the (usually erroneous) conclusion that they could do such dives 
#successfully as well.

Everyone I have met who has done deep-air dives has survived ...  ;o)

Bob Talbot

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